Androgyny is alluring.
People who complain a lot are often doing it in an attempt to connect.
If it’s not a cover up, why are you covering it up?
The human need to belong can be a major weakness.
What happened to all the fun in the world?
Many institutions are necessary but presently they are all broken.
Safety and comfort are nice but too much is suicidal.
Drugs are dull over 50.
Love, like gravity, is a force that binds the universe.
Bad people are in bad situations.
Anything on a screen can be a lie.
In a conversation most people are just waiting for their chance to talk.
Almost all news is entirely irrelevant to your life.
Most “successful” business people are generally the best liars.
The absolute best person in the world is you.
Having to “work for a living” is the cruelest affliction of the human race.
Offending someone isn’t a crime.
Laws are a one size fits all approach to complex and nuanced situations.
Leaf blowers are a terrible invention.
There are WAY too many cars.
Most people are pointless.
The hippies were on to something.
Have class. Don’t do things that lack style.
Avoid zero sum games. Look for win win outcomes.
Don’t fear death.
Don’t worry about things you have no control over.
Place your principles first. Don’t sell out.
Never run for a bus (unless it’s the last one).
Don’t ever go to court unless you absolutely have to.
All things are relative. Remove the antithesis and you remove the whole.
Most people are cowards.
You don’t owe anyone logic or reason.
Pay attention to what you pay attention to.
Focus on truth, beauty and goodness.
Waste time doing nothing.
If you have more than you need, give some away if you can.
Get comfortable with contradictions.
Don’t know - is a perfectly good position.
Remember that this is YOUR life.
Encourage everyone towards happiness.
Move through the world quietly with dignity and grace.
Don’t repeat yourself once you’ve made yourself clear.
The best you can is good enough.
Try to be the same person across all situations.
Apologise, forgive, move on.
Don’t tell other people what to do, model good behaviours.
Truth is that which is censored.
Everyone knows something you don’t.
You are totally unique but we are all the same.
Experience life directly. There’s no substitute for the real thing.
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"4. The human need to belong can be a major weakness." Absolutely 100%! I can't listen or read hardly anything anymore without hearing, "human beings are herd animals", "human beings have to be part of a group" and so on and so forth. 30 years ago I used to hear that if a person cannot be content in their own skin *without* being part of a group, they are mentally ill. I still believe this today. People in herds go over cliffs... together! I'm proud to say that I've never really been a herd member. I can get together in a group *to accomplish a goal* and then happily return to either being by myself, or with one or two people I actually care about. I have never felt the need to belong to a herd or a group. In fact, I avoid it at all cost. I like being an individual with my own hopes, beliefs and dreams. I don't need to be part of some group's issues to be happy. F that. Anyway, sorry for the rant and what a great list Dollyboy!
I'm late to this party. Yours is a list of canny and insightful thoughts. And to think that people such as yourself are capable of such clear-sighted and piercing thinking in the morning, and on the other hand I'm not even able to discern if I've put my underwear on the right way, or even if I put any on at all.
Thanks for sharing; there's much to think about and, by your leave, I'd like to come back at a few of those thoughts with some of my own (late afternoon-into evening) thoughts that reading your thoughts have made me think about.